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Democrats are unintentionally engineering the erosion of the nation's access to basic healthcare and essential services such as reproductive choice, seriously jeopardizing the bodily...

I Thought I Saved My Patient’s Life. He Didn’t Agree.

Charles Black - April 29, 2022

I now ask patients what their goals are. I present surgical and medical options and make sure the patient understands — and then I ask them more questions.

“Investigational” Is Payer Code for “Coverage Denied”

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - February 18, 2021

Outside the pandemic, “investigational” remains payer code for denying reimbursement. In the case of treatment for chronic conditions, even FDA-approved digital-health and connected devices languish on waitlists for formulary inclusion.

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